AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• Son of Erik the Red
• Leif Eriksson was born in Iceland around 960 A.D
• Leif was shipped off course by strong winds in his travels
• Thorkell Leifsson was the son of Leif Eriksson
• Thyrker captured Erik the Red and raised Leif Eriksson

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Christopher was born in Italy
• Columbus lived and sailed in Genoa, Italy
• Christopher, his brothers, and 23 wittiness' were abused to sail
• Columbus died young for he wasn't nursed as new born
• Christopher sailed west looking for Asia

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• Explored as a Portuguese navigator
• Died while battling native tribes
• 18 crew members were the first to circumnavigate the world
• Their entire journey was 40,000 miles long
• Magellan continued to sail, yet he was decreased on food and fresh water

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• Shipped European resources were brought from North America
• New diseases killed many sailers, explorers, and navigators
• Maize and Potatos were some discoveries found in North America
• Christopher Columbus was given credit for starting the exchange
• The Columbian Exchange dramatically changed the world

CONQUISTADORS

• Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions
• Hernandez Cotes traveled Mexico in the year 1519
• The Conquistadors enslaved native Americans slaves
• Conquistadors spread diseases through South America
• Conquistadors set out to conte native Americans

NORTH WEST PASSAGE

• Water route that allowed ships to sail
• Explorers searched the coast from Canada to North Carolina
• Jacques Cartier sailed the Northwest Passage
• John Cabot set out to find this route
• Giovanni Verrazano also explored put to find this passage

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• Native American tribes were enslaved as cargo
• Staked as boxes diseases were spread and many slaves died
• Suffocation, or Malnutrition were some of the diseases
• Between the 1520's and the 1860's 12 million slaves were shipped across the world
• The slave trade led to the African Diaspora